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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 22
Josiah reigns in rightousness in Judah—Hilkiah repairs the temple,
and finds the book of the law—Josaih sorrows because of the wickedness
of his fathers—Huldah prophesies wrath upon the people but blessings
upon Josiah.
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1 aJOSIAHa
was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and
one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter
of Adaiah of Boscath.
2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
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1a Josiah Hundreds of years
before he was born was Josaih by name prophesied of to Jeroboam the first
king of the kingdom of Israel to come (1 Kings 13:2-3). And it was said that
he would put out down all the high places and destroy pagan worship and for
a time turn the people to Jehovah.
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3 ¶ And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying,
4 Go up to aHilkiah the high priest,
that he may sum the bsilver which is brought into the house
of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:
5 And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers
of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them
give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to
repair the abreaches of the house,
6 Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
7 Howbeit there was no areckoning
made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they
dealt faithfully.
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8 ¶ And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan
the scribe, I have found the abook of the law in the house
of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.
9 And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD.
10 And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
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11 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the
awords of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.
12 And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and
aAhikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah,
and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying,
13 Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the
people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found:
for great is the awrath of the LORD that is kindled
against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this
book, to bdo according unto all that which is written
concerning us.
14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor,
and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of
Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now
she dwelt in Jerusalem in the acollege;) and they communed
with her.
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15 ¶ And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me,
16 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil
upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words
of the abook which the king of Judah hath read:
17 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned
incense unto other gods, that they might aprovoke me to
anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled
against this place, and shall not be quenched.
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18 But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard;
19 Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast
ahumbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I
spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they
should become a bdesolation and a ccurse,
and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee,
saith the LORD.
20 Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy
fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in
apeace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil
which I will bring upon this placea.
And they brought the king word again.
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20a thine eyes shall not see all the evil
which I will bring upon this place Josiah was the last great
righteous king of Jerusalem. He was also that king of Lehi which would set
an invironment before him which was a righteous circumstance. For this the
Lord did preserve the people for the generation of Josiah. As long as Josiah
lived was Jerusalem protected.
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